Building and Construction Authority
statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government
The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. It was established on 1 April 1999 through the merger of the Construction Industry Development Board and the Building Control Division of the former Public Works Department.
The primary role of BCA is to develop and regulate Singapore's building and construction industry.
Building safety
BCA ensures that buildings in Singapore are designed, constructed and maintained to high standards of safety through its building regulatory system.
In October 2004, BCA issued a window retrofitting order, requiring aluminium rivets fitted on casement windows to be replaced with stainless steel rivets. Since the order came into force, BCA and the Housing Development Board (HDB) have been urging property owners and tenants to practise window safety through a public campaign. Every year, 6 June and 12 December have been designated as "Window Safety Days", where property owners and tenants are encouraged to check their windows at least once every six months.
BCA is also the lead agency in Singapore in regulating amusement rides to protect public safety. In July 2011, a new regulatory framework was introduced to protect the safety of ride-goers in Singapore.
Sustainability
BCA actively promotes the use of green building technologies and designs through its Green Building Masterplan and various initiatives.
“Building and Construction Authority” enters the record as statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Singapore Government. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Building, Construction and Authority can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4986523. VIAF identifies the subject as 160280854. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2004 and 2011.
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